Thursday, June 15, 2017

It's a Top! Selvage Yard

I was going to use the Sunshine and Shadows log cabin layout but since I ended up with an uneven number of blocks across and down (7) I decided on the Fields and Furrows layout.

I didn't notice until I took this photo that the last block is not turned properly. And so it goes...I hate ripping especially if it's a scrap quilt.

I used lots of selvages but still have a box of them...at this rate maybe enough for two more quilts. When I first started saving selvages long long ago I barely left any fabric on them so lots of these selvages are very narrow. So it took lots of selvages and lots of thread to make it around one twelve inch block.

I had a lot of fun reading the selvages as I put the quilt together. It doesn't take much to amuse me, I guess.

For the block centers I used some 4.5 inch pieces of sewing related fabrics I had leftover from some other projects.

And ooops! I see a few little holes here and there where selvages didn't meet that I need to fix.

Now...how to quilt?...how to quilt? But first I need to figure out what to use for a backing.

Three cheers for an amazing effort and grrrrreat quilt! It's beautiful. I've learned that one needs to be extra vigilant when sewing selvages together. And I also trim off any fuzzy selvage ends to keep them from tricking me. I would suggest a slightly dense machine quilting on it (hand quilting would be out of the question!) to aid in preventing any new gaps created by wear and tear.

Looks like you have used lots of fabric to have all these selvedges! Very scrappy indeed - using every last bit! I imagine it might be quite thick in places so what about tying instead of quilting?? Thanks for linking up to #scraptastictuesday